Revisit a cautionary classic

The reviewer is at the Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies, Herzliya, Israel, and the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

The reviewer is at the Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies, Herzliya, Israel, and the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Summary

The tale of Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation has become a universal touchstone that encapsu­lates our visceral fears regarding the promises, perils, and pitfalls of count­less diverse areas of science and tech­nology. A new annotated volume of Mary Shelley's original work is an effort to reintroduce the story to new generations of research­ers who, like many before them, ought to take its lessons to heart.